Gabriceraurus

Gabriceraurus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Cheiruridae
Genus:
Pribyl & Vanek in Pribyl et al., 1985

Gabriceraurus is a trilobite in the order Phacopida (family Cheiruridae), that existed during the upper Ordovician in what is now Canada. It was described by Pribyl and Vanek in 1985, and the type species is Gabriceraurus gabrielsi, which was originally described under the genus Ceraurus by Ludvigsen in 1979. The type locality was the Esbataottine Formation in the Northwest Territories.[1]

References

  1. ^ Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.